The Tale of the 1970s Fashion Apocalypse

de bene esse: literally, of well-being, morally acceptable but subject to future validation or exception

The earliest signs: People standing around in spread eagle pose, looking upwards.

Soon men started hanging out in tight, colorful underpants:

One word: EUROPANTS.

Nothing made sense …

Oh so that’s why nothing is happening … I’m not wearing Eleganza.

Men in shiny shirts began blinding the innocent public:

(chest hair not included)

The pants that wouldn’t die:

Check out that scarf belt.

Small-print reads: ‘ultra-slim fit, low rise and come in a ring-a-ding assortment of colors and fabrics‘.

Some Musketeers tried to come to the rescue:

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They were no match for the outbreak of the Leisure Suit:

Even children were unsafe:

So … much … polyester …:

And then this happened:

and the world turned cold …

Livestock began mutating:

and superheroes stood around laughing about it.

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and that is the end of a sad fashion tale.